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New Info on Biofuel Regs
Companies finally learned how they can collect clean fuel tax credits after the government released short-term guidance last Friday. The...
Jan 17, 2025


JBS Settles In Child Labor Investigation
JBS USA Food Co. is settling for a sum of $4M payable to individuals and communities impacted by child labor practices in the U.S. On...
Jan 17, 2025


Playing Fowl or Fair: New Poultry Regulatory Reform
It’s not March Madness yet, but the poultry industry is gearing up for equal playing feathers in its tournament system. ICYMI: Poultry...
Jan 17, 2025


Insects Caught in Toxic Love
Toxic love is a new pest control method , which could cut back outbreaks of insect-borne disease and halt agricultural pests. Toxic men: ...
Jan 14, 2025


GAO Says FDA is Slacking
We think our food is safe, but according to a recent report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), the FDA is lagging in...
Jan 14, 2025


Regulatory Tug-of-War Keeps Farmers Waiting
Who owns your farm? The government wants to know. But legal wrangling has left businesses stuck in a regulatory tug-of-war. ICYMI: In...
Jan 14, 2025


A Shocking New Way To Grow Food
Forget glowing in the dark. Let’s talk about growing in the dark. Researchers are looking for ways to tackle food challenges by...
Jan 10, 2025


Farmland Values Stay All the Way Up
Farmland values are (mostly) goin’ up in the new year. That’s right: despite lower farm net income, commodity markets trending down,...
Jan 10, 2025


Where’s the Pea-Based Beef? FDA’s New Labeling Guidelines
"Pea-protein strips" don’t quite have the same ring (or appeal) as "plant-based bacon" (if you’re into that). On this episode of...
Jan 10, 2025


Cows Get Sugared
Mooove over, antibiotics. A recent study from Penn State showed that a concentrated sugar solution could deliver the same...
Jan 7, 2025


New Testing Methods for ASF
You wouldn’t normally find "African Swine Fever" and "some good news" in the same sentence, but we’re here to buck that trend with some...
Jan 7, 2025


Ag Caught in the Crossfire of China Drone Ban
Many drones in the U.S. could get their wings clipped after a proposed ban on Chinese-made drones. The U.S. Department of Commerce is...
Jan 7, 2025


Sorting Chickens Before They Hatch
Poultry innovators cracked the code on guaranteed egg sexing. Shell yeah! German-based Agri Advanced Technologies created the first...
Jan 3, 2025


Mexico Won’t Grow GM Corn, But Has to Import It
It’s a new year—yet we’re still talking about Mexico and genetically modified corn. The nation announced it won’t be growing any GM corn...
Jan 3, 2025


Farmers Get Lifeline with Farm Bill Extension
The 2024 season comes to an end. And an extension of the 2018 farm bill came in late December—not a moment too soon—as everyone waited...
Jan 3, 2025


EU Works On More Taxes for Ag
Across the pond, Europe is still trying to figure out how—and how much— to tax farmers. Climate targets will be missed if the ag sector...
Dec 31, 2024


Farm Costs Cool, Margins Still Tight
The USDA updated its farm income forecasts again earlier this month… and it’s not looking rosy yet. Farm bucks dip: Net farm income for...
Dec 31, 2024


A Rocky Year for Ag Labor
ICYMI, it was a tumultuous year for labor in agriculture. Let’s start at the very beginning… with a 65% increase in demand for H-2A...
Dec 31, 2024


The State of American Aquaculture
The results are in… And the total sales of U.S. aquaculture products was up 26% from 2018 to 2023, according to the 2023 Census of...
Dec 20, 2024


Is America’s Favorite Butterfly on the Brink?
All the Biden administration wants for Christmas is the Monarch butterfly to be listed as " threatened " under the Endangered Species Act...
Dec 20, 2024
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